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Chapter 1: The What and the Why of Statistics: Online Research Articles and Questions
  1. Identify the basic research question as stated by the authors.
  2. Identify a dependent variable and independent variable in each article.
  3. Identify the level of measurement of each.
  4. Find an example of a descriptive and an inferential statistic in each article.

Please answer the general Discussion Points above for these two articles:

Phillips, T., & Smith, P. (December 2004). Emotional and behavioural responses to everyday incivility: Challenging the fear/avoidance paradigm. Journal of Sociology, 40(4), 378-399.

McBrier, D., & Wilson, G. (August 2004). Going down?: Race and downward occupational mobility for white-collar workers in the 1990s. Work and Occupations, 31(3), 283-322.